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Mayo Clinic’s social media chief on creating nimble content & choosing social media outlets

Mayo Clinic’s social media chief on creating nimble content & choosing social media outlets

November 7, 2012 7:23 pm by | 0 Comments

A health system like Mayo Clinic has plenty of advanced equipment to put together high-quality videos for its website and social media outlets. But interestingly, it doesn’t use that equipment ... Read more

A harsh, abject lesson about what happens when a hospital doesn’t monitor its drugs

A harsh, abject lesson about what happens when a hospital doesn’t monitor its drugs

October 26, 2012 8:56 am by | 1 Comments

Health care providers from across the state were given a lesson Thursday in how to avoid a public relations and public health predicament similar to the hepatitis C outbreak at ... Read more


GSK, Mayo, Roche and others join to study and treat early victims of child sex abuse

GSK, Mayo, Roche and others join to study and treat early victims of child sex abuse

October 11, 2012 12:45 pm by | 0 Comments

ZURICH (Reuters) - Leading drugmakers will help set up psychological centers for victims of child sex abuse in an effort to counter the long-term health problems suffered by victims. Roche, ... Read more

Missouri’s Heartland Health sees early ROI from membership in Mayo Care Clinic Network

Missouri’s Heartland Health sees early ROI from membership in Mayo Care Clinic Network

October 7, 2012 5:01 am by | 0 Comments

HEARTLAND -- and by extension its cutting-edge breast cancer care -- has seen a quick return on its membership in the Mayo Care Clinic Network since announcing the partnership in ... Read more

Mayo Clinic launches app to help people conquer fears and overcome anxiety

Mayo Clinic launches app to help people conquer fears and overcome anxiety

October 4, 2012 10:55 am by | 6 Comments

Mayo Clinic released an app earlier this week that aims to be the first self-help tool that actually coaches people to overcome their demons, all for the nifty price of ... Read more

Illinois health provider is the newest member of Mayo Clinic Care Network

Illinois health provider is the newest member of Mayo Clinic Care Network

September 19, 2012 5:51 pm by | 0 Comments

The Mayo Clinic announced Wednesday that another health system is joining the ranks of the ever-expanding Mayo Clinic Care Network, which aim to link patients and doctors in other communities ... Read more

Therapy program that includes emotional, spirital help may improve quality of life for cancer patients

Therapy program that includes emotional, spirital help may improve quality of life for cancer patients

September 14, 2012 2:28 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A therapy program focused on improving quality of life can help people being treated for advanced cancer, researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, ... Read more


Here’s an approach that anyone developing an e-visit program for remote patients needs to consider

Here’s an approach that anyone developing an e-visit program for remote patients needs to consider

September 14, 2012 11:05 am by | 0 Comments

Telemedicine, and the concept of meeting patients where they are, is gaining ground rapidly.As consumer technologies like Skype have taken off, televisits are now possible between doctors and patients who ... Read more

71 out-of-the-box ideas the healthcare industry would consider if it controlled reform

71 out-of-the-box ideas the healthcare industry would consider if it controlled reform

September 13, 2012 4:41 pm by | 8 Comments

If healthcare reform were left to healthcare professionals, we’d have nonprofit insurance companies, tax breaks for gardening materials to encourage good health, mandatory walks every two hours for anyone in ... Read more

Quality expert: Don’t throw out payment reform baby with Obamacare bathwater

Quality expert: Don’t throw out payment reform baby with Obamacare bathwater

September 10, 2012 3:28 pm by | 0 Comments

At the Mayo Clinic Transform conference that kicked off Sunday, one theme has emerged surrounding Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act.That as controversial as Obamacare may be to some, on ... Read more

Mayo, S.F. startup launch health IT tool to track data around cardiology patient readmits

Mayo, S.F. startup launch health IT tool to track data around cardiology patient readmits

September 10, 2012 10:30 am by | 0 Comments

The Mayo Clinic announced Monday that it is partnering with a California startup that aims to provide unparalleled insight into a hospital’s performance data with the goal to improve healthcare ... Read more

Mayo Clinic expertise travels to patients through growing electronic consultation program

Mayo Clinic expertise travels to patients through growing electronic consultation program

August 24, 2012 10:50 am by | 0 Comments

Mayo Clinic hopes to foster collaborative relationships with doctors nationwide as it rolls out a new strategy of affiliating with hospitals and health systems across the country in response to ... Read more

Mayo Clinic settles whistle-blower lawsuit alleging Medicare fraud by paying 1.3M

Mayo Clinic settles whistle-blower lawsuit alleging Medicare fraud by paying 1.3M

August 8, 2012 3:22 pm by | 0 Comments

A federal lawsuit brought by a whistle-blower against the Mayo Clinic ended with Mayo paying $1.26 million to settle charges of Medicare fraud, according to a recent announcement from the ... Read more

Mayo Clinic adds Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system to its Care Network

Mayo Clinic adds Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system to its Care Network

July 27, 2012 1:00 pm by | 0 Comments

Mayo Clinic announced Friday that it was adding Dartmouth-Hitchcock, a nonprofit health system in New Hampshire, to the Mayo Clinic Care Network.The Mayo Clinic Care Network uses the Affiliated Practice ... Read more

Mayo Clinic is offering hand transplants with face transplants to follow

Mayo Clinic is offering hand transplants with face transplants to follow

July 17, 2012 3:33 pm by | 0 Comments

After observing how experts around the world developed their face and hand transplant programs, the Mayo Clinic is getting ready to offer them.Mayo is beginning with hand transplants which are ... Read more